"#" - is a comment.. in bash "cd" without dirname always return you to a home-directory.. "cd -" returns you to previous location, for example..
2009/5/4 Ruben de Groot <mai...@bzerk.org> > On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 11:06:27PM +0200, Polytropon typed: > > On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:45:13 -0400, PJ <af.gour...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > > [~]# cd /tmp/lost+found/#123456 > > > [/tmp/lost+found/#123456]# ls > > > > Okay, it's empty. > > > > > > > > > [/tmp/lost+found/#123456]# cd .. > > > > Strange, why does .. lead you from /tmp/lost+found/#123456 > > to /tmp/lost+found/#123456, just as if cd wasn't executed? > > > > > > > > > [/tmp/lost+found/#123456]# cd #123456 this returns and empty directory) > > > > Does /tmp/lost+found/#123456 contain another #123456? And > > why does this cd lead you to your (root's) home directory? > > Probably because the # is interpreted as comment. I can reproduce this > in a bourne shell; not in (t)csh. > > Ruben > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
